Overview
- The Guardian reports that London-based Highgate led a covert effort with Elicius Intelligence to gather sensitive data on the ICC staffer who accused prosecutor Karim Khan of misconduct.
- Leaked documents describe searches for passport details, flight histories, and passwords from hacked data, with a disputed request for the child’s birth certificate.
- The reported objective included undermining the accuser’s credibility and probing for ties to Israel, yet the files cited by reporters show no such links were found.
- Highgate confirms ICC-related work but says it did not act against any individual and denies being hired or paid by Qatar, while Qatar did not comment.
- Khan has stepped aside pending the UN probe, denies wrongdoing, and his lawyers acknowledge a meeting between his representatives and Highgate but say they had no knowledge of the alleged activities, as a second complainant has also come forward.